CREDIT: ALLISON PEARCE 3 Tuition fees 7 Talking shop 8 The glass slipper The government implemented a new Want to learn the secret Disney’s latest take on Cinderella payment structure. Sparks concerns. language of photographers? pales in comparison to the original. Volume 47 Issue No. 25 March 23, 2015 theinterrobang.ca Prez with a heart of gold Sweet Tweets STEPHANIE LAI of the Week INTERROBANG Who’s tweeting He’s the lanky guy who bears a about #fanshawe? striking resemblance to the charac- Catherine Lai ter on Interrobang’s last cover. He’s @CatherineLai_ 31, is in school for IT but doesn’t Had a great time presenting necessarily want to work in the our @HeritageLdnApp field. He’s also “young at heart” and team’s work at #Fanshawe is your newest presidential elect. Research and Innovation His name is Alan Bushell. Day. Winning the presidential race 8:10 PM - 18 Mar 2015 was an emotional one for him, and he admits to shedding a few tears. Maddy “I’ve never actually been that @xomaddyg happy in my lifetime,” he said. “I’m Reppin’ FHP as always so excited to have this opportunity.” #fanshawe #fitnessandhealth This is Bushell’s second time #gym around in a post-secondary insti- 1:04 PM - 18 Mar 2015 tution. Prior to this, he studied the same thing – Computer Systems Justine Albrechtas Technician – at Algonquin College @Justine2726 in Ottawa. Who said Friday the 13th was “The first time [around], I was unlucky? I’d say it was pretty not a successful student,” he said. awesome! @timhicksmusic “The services [at Fanshawe] and #CollegeThrowDown2015 the atmosphere and the staff and the #Fanshawe students have basically inspired me 8:32 AM - 15 Mar 2015 to turn my life around.” “Fanshawe has been the most Linds Ensing ‏ positive experience in my entire @LindsEnsing life.” Unreal show last night by Prior to Fanshawe, Bushell @timhicksmusic #timhicks worked for over three years in #Fanshawe Belleville, Ont. – his hometown. 7:25 PM - 14 Mar 2015 “I was working on an assembly line for automotive parts,” he said. ; Kirstennn @xokirstenx “I was just pressing buttons and @timhicksmusic was pushing things to the left. This has amazing last night at been quite the turnaround for me.” #Fanshawe ! Bushell says he remembers his first day in class. 8:17 AM - 14 Mar 2015 “The first day my professor came kadyhawkins ‏ in the room and he was actually ex- @kadygracee cited to be there,” he said. “From @RiverTownSaints and @ that exact moment on, everything timhicksmusic put on an has just kept on rolling and there’s amazing show! #fanshawe general excitement about being a #sodoi #lovethismusic student here – it’s just fantastic.” 1:03 AM - 14 Mar 2015 It was just the beginning for him, as he found himself on the Student Next week: Administrative Council that same What’s the best April year. Fool’s prank you’ve He said what got him excited to pulled? be a part of student governance was a small fix he helped to get accom- Answer with a CREDIT: STEPHANIE LAI plished. Alan Bushell was elected Fanshawe Student Union’s next president on March 12. A position he says he’s “really excited” about. tweet using Bushell reminisced about a #FSUInterrobang by light-crossing button that was bro- rep meeting, that student was so ex- “I knew this was something I “[I want to be] the president who 2 p.m. on Wednesday, ken – an issue that was brought up cited over that one little thing that I wanted to be a part of,” he said. “I brought in that one special event March 25 and you will in a meeting with class reps. knew you could make an impact in was here for practical reasons and that everyone continues to use.” enter a draw for a $10 “It had nothing to do with what people’s lives that’s so far reaching just through the positive engage- Sex Toy Bingo, for example, Oasis/Out Back Shack we do at all – it wasn’t a Fanshawe that I need to do this as much as I ment with the administration at that was an event that a past president gift certificate. Must student issue, it was a city, munici- could.” time and just the staff in general, I brought in that became a “marquee be a current Fanshawe pal thing,” he said. “[The president Bushell says all it took to become just felt it was something I wanted event.” student to win. at the time] made a phone call, and interestedStudio in the Fanshawe Student to get involved with.” Production “I want to be the president who the city was there within 10 minutes UnionProof reading was a two-second conver- Bushell hasn’t begun his termRedaction yet oversaw the executive team who to fix it.” sation with then-president Adam but is alreadyP5543 thinking about what came up with one special thing that Version 01 “When we came back to the class Gourlay.Art Direction his legacy will be. 2013.02.08 Client Services everybody looks forward to.” #FSUInterrobang FULL-TIME FANSHAWE COLLEGE STUDENT AND UNDER 25? 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Photo entries that do not comply with these Terms & Conditions or that otherwise contain prohibited or inappropriate content as determined by Interrobang Staff, in its sole discretion, will not be shared. ‡FREE LUNCH: Contest only open to full-time Fanshawe College students. Offer consists of a $10 gift card, given out monthly, that can only be redeemed at Oasis or The Out Back Shack during business hours at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. 3 Volume 47 Issue No. 24 March 23, 2015 theinterrobang.ca NEWS Invite extended to attend First Nations Centre social FRANCIS SIEBERT CREDIT: STEPHANIE LAI INTERROBANG Students with concerns can grab a concern form at the FSU main office in SC2001. Fanshawe College’s First Nations Centre will be hosting on March 26 Government introduces new its Year End Social Gathering to celebrate student success. The event will feature indige- tuition fee payment structure nous dancing, music, food, arts and have had a couple of pay cheques FRANCIS SIEBERT crafts, and vendor and information INTERROBANG before the deadline comes up.” booths. Barahona says the new deadline There will also be tradition- The Ministry of Training, Col- might also be an issue for new stu- al teachings from Ojibwa Elder leges and Universities announced dents since some of them will still Richard Assinewai, who will teach this month a new tuition fee pay- be in high school when the deposit “Caring for Scared Items,” and Ca- ment policy that will affect new and is due. yuga Longhouse Faith Keeper Ken returning domestic students attend- She says the CSA wants the Maracle, who will teach “Wampum ing colleges in Ontario, including deadline to be fair and that the gov- Teachings.” Fanshawe College students, starting ernment and colleges need to take “The Year End Gathering is an this fall. into account things such as the On- opportunity for everyone to con- Fanshawe students will be re- tario Student Assistance Program nect and realize that we have more quired to pay a $500 non-refund- and summer jobs. similarities than we have differenc- able deposit fee for the 2015-16 The organization plans to publish es,” Fanshawe First Nations Centre school year by June 15. The bal- a complaint form for students on its manager Kevin Lamure said. “We ance of their tuition and additional website, collegestudentalliance.ca, all have our own cultures, whether fees will be due by the 10th day of currently the forms can be picked up you’re Polish or Scottish or Irish classes, which falls on September at the FSU main office in SC2001. or Indian from India, we all have 21 this year. “If they have any issues with the many similarities as human beings, While the fee is non-refundable, payment deadline, or the payment and we all march to the beat of Fanshawe will take exceptional cas- periods or the monetary amount, some kind of drum.” es, such as medical issues, into con- they can come forward to their The powwow and longhouse sideration, according to Fanshawe student associations or the College style dances will feature about 50 associate registrar Frank Trovato. Student Alliance and then we can CREDIT: AGATA LESNIK in dress and three or four drums. The new deadline will give stu- bring that to the MTCU,” she said. The annual Year End Social Gathering consists of traditional dance and drum circles. There will also be a smoke dance dents an additional two to three “We just want to create the aware- competition. “It’s a way for us to share our room D-1060.